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Nathan Kim
I’m a junior at Yale College double majoring in Ethnicity, Race, & Migration and Statistics & Data Science. I’m interested in the critical study of race, space, and imperialism, especially through quantitative methods and data visualization. You can find more about me at https://nathankim.name.
Work Experience
Yale Asian American Cultural Center
Center Staffer
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Present - Sept 2020
Organizing teach-ins, film screenings, and workshops on Asian diasporic history as a member of the Historical, Artistic, and Cultural Resources Pod. Managing the Okihiro Library collection of books on Asian American Studies.
DataHaven
Research Intern
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Present - Jun 2020
Currently writing reports and performing data analysis for DataHaven, a community action-oriented nonprofit creating reports and data analyses for the Greater New Haven community.
Yale School of Medicine
Research Assistant
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Dec 2020 - Jan 2020
Investigating under Dr. Paul Joudrey the impact of Hurricane Maria-related road damage on methadone access in Puerto Rico using ESRI drive time analyses, OpenStreetMap road network data, and FEMA datasets on road damage.
Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania
Research Intern
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Aug 2019 - May 2019
Worked with Professor Irma Elo, Chair of Penn Sociology, on a project on county-level predictors of mortality in the US. Assembled a database and created a Shiny visualization app of socioeconomic, demographic, and behavioral health indicators; worked on a clustering project with the dbscan, VarSelLCM, and spedep packages in R. Cleaned data for various projects from sources including the NHIS, the ACS, the EPA EJSCREEN, and HRSA.
On-Campus Activities
Asian Students for Ethnic Studies
Secretary
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Present - Jan 2019
Hosting workshops on Asian American and Asian diasporic history. Creating infographics for Asian American Studies on curricula at Yale, the U.S. Yellow Power movement, and cultural imperialism enacted in food like SPAM. Advocating for the inclusion of Asian American Studies and other ethnic studies into the Yale curriculum.
Leadership, Education, and Athletics in Partnership
Development Intern
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Dec 2019 - Sept 2018
Analyzed recent donor data in LEAP’s Development Office, with the aim of improving LEAP’s fundraising practices. Wrote letters to be used in fundraising campaigns, invited Guests of Honor for the annual LEAP Year Event fundraiser.
Asian American Students Alliance
Programming Chair
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Dec 2019 - Jan 2019
Spearheaded a task force on data disaggregation activism to build a RShiny data visualization app with nationally recognized group AAPI Data and host several political education workshops on the 2020 Census citizenship question and political representation. . Invited and hosted playwright-activist Dimo Kim, cartoonist Dami Lee, and political activist Rita Pin Ahrens to discuss various forms of community organizing.